Wick oil-burner.



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WICK OIL BURNER.

APPLICATION man NOV.28, 1913.

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HENRY RUPPEL, 0F CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN STOVE COMPANY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

WICK OIL-BURNER.

Application filed November 28, 1913.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Hnnur lturrnn, a citizen oi the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vick Oil-Burners, oil which the following is a specification, refer ence being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to improvements in wick oil burners.

The object of my invention is to provide a burner of this character in which the combustion tubes are supported upon shelves carried on the inner and outer faces of the wick tubes to prevent the direct heat from the combustion tubes from being conducted down into the oil. This also allows the oilsoaked wick to keep the upper end of the wick tubes cool to a greater extent than in the old form.

Another object of my invention is to provide means whereby the combustion tubes are supported by the wick tubes below the upper edge thereof, whereby in cooking, it anything boils over and runs down the combustion tubes, it will run on the outside of the wick tubes and not pass between the wick and wick tubes, as is the case in most burners now in use.

In the accompanying drawings- F igure 1 is a perspective view of a burner embodying my invention, showing the flame deflector and wick engaging member removed.

Fig, 2 is a vertical sectional view of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4c i an enlarged'vertical section of the upper ends of the wick tubes, showing more fully the supporting rings or shelves for the combustion tubes.

In wick oil burners now in use the upper edges of the wick tubes are flared outwardly to form supports and guides for the combustion tubes. In this structure it will be readily understood by those skilled in the art that the lower edge of the combustion tubes rests directly upon an integral part of the wick tubes and thus the heat is conducted into the wick tube, and the rolling of the upper edge of the wick tubes forms a space into which may pass anything that is spilled on the stove, and it is the object of this invention to avoid these objections.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 12, 1918.

Serial No. 803,547.

Referring now to the drawings, 1 represents my burner which consists of an inner wick tube 2 and an outer wick tube 3, which are spaced apart the desired distance and in which is arranged the wick i, all of which is well understood and needs no further description. The wick tube 2, adjacent its upper end is provided with a shelf 5, which can be either soldered or otherwise secured to the wick tube and is provided with an outwardly extending flange 6, below the upper edge of the tube 2. The outer wick tube 3 is likewise provided with a ring or flange 7, which is secured to the wick tube in the same manner as the shelf 5, and is provided with an outwardly extending flange 8, which is in a horizontal alinement with the flange 6, as is clearly shown in Figs. 2 and a of the drawing.

The burner 1 is provided with a rod 9, extending therethrough and which carries the perforated disk 10, having at its outer edge the wick-engaging members 11, and no claim is made on the same in this application as this is covered in applicants co-pending applications Serial No. 631,901 filed November 12, 1912, and Serial No. 786,942 filed August 27, 1913. w

The wick tubes 2 and 3, as is well understood, are made of very thin metal and as the supporting shelves (5 and 8 are made of a separate piece of metal secured. to the tubes, it will be readily understood that the heat cannot be as readily conducted from the shelves 6 and 8 to the tubes, as these shelves are made of a separate piece of metal and thus the upper ends of the wick tubes 2 and 3 will be kept much cooler than in the structure wherein the combustion tubes are supported by an integral part of the wick tube, as is the case in the ordinary burner now in use.

lVhile I have shown this specific means of supporting and attaching the shelves to the wick tubes for supporting the combustion tubes, it will be understood that this could be readily varied without departing from my invention, as the main object of my invention is to avoid the heating of the wick tubes by the engagement of the combustion tubes directly with the wick tubes.

It will be noticed from the disclosure herein that the projecting upper ends of the wick tubes being devoid of any turned 01' doubled edge will engage the lighting or carbonized end of the wick when it is lowered and scrape it oli' at its sides as Well as preventing the falling of foreign matter between the wick and the tubes as before explained.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is i 1. A burner of the character described, comprising two concentric wick tubes, vertically disposed separate rings secured to the inner and outer faces of the wick tubes be low the upper ends thereof, and laterally extending flanges formed integral with the upper ends of the ring below the upper ends of the wick tubes for supporting the coinbustion tubes substantially as shown and described. i

2. An oil burner comprising wick tubes, and superimposed perforated combustion sections, supporting means for the combus- Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

tion sections to prevent any excessive conduction of heat from the combustion sec tions to the wick tubes to Prevent over-heating of the parts and the oil, and therefore preventing excessive generation of vapor, said supporting means consisting of supporting members made of separate pieces of metal and supported by the wick tubes at points below the upper ends of the wick tubes, whereby the projecting ends ofthe wick tubes form single thicknesses of metal to closely fit the opposite sides of the lighting end of the wick for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HENRY RUPPEL.

Witnesses:

G. J. GIFFORD, A. E. GILBERT.

Washington, D. 0. 

